Book Cover Art Design Ideas for Friend's Autobiography
Cover art design ideas for the autobiography of a friend. Due to his legal blindness I felt the cover should have reflected this and made the art work intentionally blurry until the reader picked up the novel. No guidelines were specified for the cover by the publisher for some reason, which made refinement of the idea unfinished before being rushed to print. In addition access to more familiar art software such as Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign, was restricted forcing me to use GIMP. Completed 2017-2018.
Side portrait sketch of my friend that served as cover. A minimalistic cover such as this was my preferred option.
Due to his legal blindness focus on the eye and making the cover reflect that was essential.
My preferred option for the final cover. Due to the client being legally blind, I felt the cover should reflect that and be blurry and hard to read clearly until picked up.
Final version of the cover. I had no idea of any specifications required by the publisher and this rough version based on eye examination charts was chosen.